I'm messing with a novel way of pausing in #gamemaker. Instead deactivating and drawing a "pause surface" to the screen, what if you could just deactivate instances' step events? They stop moving, but keep drawing to the screen! Try out the example YYZ here: github.com/PixelatedPop... - ThreadSky

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pixelatedpope.bsky.social • 127 days ago

I'm messing with a novel way of pausing in #gamemaker. Instead deactivating and drawing a "pause surface" to the screen, what if you could just deactivate instances' step events? They stop moving, but keep drawing to the screen! Try out the example YYZ here: https://github.com/PixelatedPope/HelpfulGMLScripts/blob/master/Systems%20and%20Examples/VisiblePausing.yyz

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agusbarrero.spacewingwar.com•127 days ago

Ohh, definitely saving this for later! Thanks!

nickvv.me•127 days ago

That seems similar to how I typically handle pausing too. I also have a parent "pausable" object type, upon receiving the pause signal it saves the object's hspeed/vspeed/image_speed and sets them all to zero, then restores them on an unpause

pixelatedpope.bsky.social•127 days ago

It's actually not similar at all! You don't have to have a pausable object type. You can use any instance id, object index, or even tags. You don't need to save/restore values for variables or even have any custom code on the paused object! Just clean code that clearly separates drawing from logic.

nickvv.me•127 days ago

Nice, I hadn't actually downloaded your project and seen your approach cause I'm on the work computer atm. Will check it out later and see what you've done :)

matteblackstudio.bsky.social•127 days ago

love this idea.

Wanted to tell you my friend, that you were a gigantic help on my game dev journey.

When i first picked up GameMaker, you were an invaluable resource of support.

my project wouldnt be where it is today without ya, so THANK YOU!

nullstar.bsky.social•127 days ago

That's the caveman solution I took when I realized I needed pausing down the line.

ajinkyax.bsky.social•127 days ago

How do you VisiblePausing.yyz ? is there any example

pixelatedpope.bsky.social•126 days ago

A YYZ is a zipped up GM project. You can just double click it after downloading and GM should open it and save it as a new project.

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